Week 1 · 2025
Western Kentucky at Southern Miss
Tue 12/23/2025 05:30 PMCaesars SuperdomeSouthern Miss pregame58% — Pregame win probability: 58% for Southern Miss. Southern Miss favored, and lost — Western Kentucky won.Neutral site
70°Fair· roof closed4 mph ESE · 76% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Western Kentucky
27
9–4
Southern Miss
16
7–6
Attendance
16,693
reported
Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2025, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.
WKUQuarterbacksNo blue chips5
- 33-star recruitQB7Maverick McIvor ← Abilene Christian7yr2,062 Pass yds12 TD6 Int67.0 Cmp%76 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB5Rodney Tisdale Jr.2yr1,432 Pass yds9 TD7 Int65.6 Cmp%108 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB12Tucker Parks2yr0 Pass yds0 TD0 Int0.0 Cmp%6 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB10Caleb McMickle ← Houston3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB14Owen Loy1yr
USMQuarterbacksNo blue chips6
- 33-star recruitQB1Braylon Braxton ← Marshall5yr3,053 Pass yds24 TD8 Int63.5 Cmp%215 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB18Landry Lyddy ← UAB4yr406 Pass yds2 TD3 Int65.4 Cmp%12 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB7Jacobe Robinson ← Boston College3yr36 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB12John White2yr-1 Pass yds0 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%
- 33-star recruitQB9Denzel Gardner1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB17Kyle McCormick4yr
WKUOffensive line1 blue chip15
- 44-star recruitOL50Laurence Seymore III4yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Elijah Williams ← Kent State2yr
- 33-star recruitOL64Jackson Dialls1yr
- 33-star recruitOL52Isiah Stoudemire1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL53Marshall Jackson4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL63Quincy Jenkins ← James Madison3yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL60Caleb Nitta ← Virginia Tech3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Devon Smith ← UL Monroe3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL68Gabe Claybrook2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL77Melvin Collins Jr.2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Jemeil Jackson ← Central Michigan2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL74Karsten Upchurch ← Mississippi State2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Branden Hollis1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Hackman Pierre1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL76Max Thurston1yr
USMDefensive line2 blue chips22
- —No recruiting profile foundDE13Garrick Ponder3yr37 Tackles11.5 TFL4.5 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL14J'Mond Tapp ← Arizona State4yr69 Tackles12.0 TFL7.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL16Jameer Lewis2yr32 Tackles4.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL11Jaden McKinney ← UTEP2yr27 Tackles2.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL7Isaiah Gibson Sr. ← Marshall7yr26 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL93Jabari Ishmael ← Marshall5yr21 Tackles2.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL5JJ Hawkins4yr21 Tackles5.5 TFL3.0 Sacks1 Int
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL98Mason Clinton ← Mississippi State2yr16 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL37Eric Thomas Jr.6yr6 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Najae Hallenbeck2yr5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL91Quinzavious Warren ← UTEP3yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL15Elijah Kinsler ← West Virginia2yrcareer 2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL99Cameron Mackey3yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL15Kyle Davis3yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL57Jeramie Posey3yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL59Chris Hayes3yr
- 33-star recruitDL31Zachariah Keith ← West Virginia3yr
- 33-star recruitDL80Chris Stokes ← Marshall2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL92David Griffin3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL39Jackson Klein2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL54Amir Leonard-Jean Charles ← West Virginia1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT36Brodarius Lewis4yr57 Tackles3.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
WKUDefensive lineNo blue chips18
- 33-star recruitDE55Venson Sneed4yr14 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDE50Elin Jones ← Johnson C. Smith1yr13 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE45Josaiah Knight ← Mississippi State2yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE17Zsacari Minnis2yr
- 33-star recruitDE59Sharlandiin Strange1yr
- 33-star recruitDE41Brandon Thomas1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE96Brandon Tobias II2yr
- 33-star recruitDL0Mackavelli Malotumau ← Nevada4yr33 Tackles7.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL93Rylen Su'a-Filo ← Southern Utah4yr28 Tackles3.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL98Jaden Hardy ← Grambling5yr20 Tackles2.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL15Jayden Gray ← Louisiana Tech5yr17 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL93Robby Harrison ← Indiana4yr16 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL10Chukwunedu Okeke2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT52Jakeem Fletcher ← Alabama State2yr15 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT54Sekou Peters1yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDT99Eric Etienne ← Norfolk State2yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitEDGE50Harper Holloman2yr39 Tackles5.5 TFL2.0 Sacks1 Int
- 33-star recruitEDGE16Koron Hayward3yr19 Tackles3.5 TFL2.5 Sacks1 Int
USMOffensive line1 blue chip18
- 44-star recruitOL71Aaryn Parks ← South Carolina6yr
- 33-star recruitOL78Jez Janvier ← Eastern Michigan5yr
- 33-star recruitOL74Luke Rogers3yr
- 33-star recruitOL76Larry Edwards2yr
- 33-star recruitOL77Chase Malamala ← UCF2yr
- 22-star recruitOL67Broderick Roman ← Eastern Michigan7yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL62Aloali'i Maui ← Utah State3yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL73Hayden Breal2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL63Blake Bustard2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL75Hayes Creel ← McNeese2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL52Cooper Frazier ← Samford2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL56Greg Nunnery2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL71Carlos Slayden ← Troy2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL58RJ Whitehead ← UTEP2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Christian Anderson ← Alabama A&M1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL79Liam Cassidy1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL71Jahmir Davis1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL64Camden Myers1yr
WKUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips15
- 33-star recruitRB21Marvis Parrish1yr106 Car576 Rush yds1 TD5.4 Rush avg36 Rec203 Rec yds5.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB29La'Vell Wright ← Austin Peay5yr85 Car471 Rush yds10 TD5.5 Rush avg10 Rec88 Rec yds8.8 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB9George Hart III5yr70 Car300 Rush yds5 TD4.3 Rush avg9 Rec19 Rec yds2.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB25Jaden McGill ← Tennessee State2yr16 Car63 Rush yds1 TD3.9 Rush avg1 Rec12 Rec yds12.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB23Jalen Hampton6yr11 Car27 Rush yds0 TD2.5 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB9Corey Landers Jr.3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB26Donovan Jones2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB29Adrion Boyd1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB28Javon McMahan1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE81Noah Meyers3yr32 Rec357 Rec yds3 TD11.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE85Jackson West ← Florida State5yr8 Rec80 Rec yds1 TD10.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE15Justin Wolf ← Kansas State4yr2 Rec19 Rec yds0 TD9.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE19Lofton Howard3yr3 Rec10 Rec yds0 TD3.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE89Cross Nimmo1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE88Aiden Miller3yr
USMLinebackersNo blue chips9
- 33-star recruitLB10Chris Jones2yr132 Tackles9.5 TFL3.5 Sacks1 Int
- 33-star recruitLB9Mike Montgomery3yr106 Tackles6.0 TFL3.0 Sacks2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB53Joseph Harper2yr50 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB13Mathis Haygood ← Marshall3yr44 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks1 Int
- 33-star recruitLB33Avery Sledge4yr15 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB22Zach Ruffin1yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB32Peyton Anderson1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB27Malachi Henderson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB38Zion Edwards2yr
WKULinebackersNo blue chips11
- 33-star recruitLB21Jaylen Wester ← Colorado4yr106 Tackles7.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB3Anthony Brackenridge4yr74 Tackles5.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB19Miller Malone2yr37 Tackles5.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB9Dominic Oliver ← San Diego State4yr20 Tackles4.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB22Jordan Donald1yr14 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB20Zach Smith ← SMU2yr6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB29Joshua Mensah3yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB44Kai Micatrotto1yr
- 33-star recruitLB35Elijah Rumph1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB34Eli Jones4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB1Kennon Loftin1yr
USMBacks & tight endsNo blue chips13
- —No recruiting profile foundRB0Jeffery Pittman ← Mississippi State3yr156 Car695 Rush yds8 TD4.5 Rush avg25 Rec107 Rec yds4.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB5Matt Jones ← Ole Miss5yr82 Car325 Rush yds4 TD4.0 Rush avg12 Rec86 Rec yds7.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB2Robert Briggs5yr62 Car304 Rush yds1 TD4.9 Rush avg13 Rec95 Rec yds7.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB6Jaylin Carter1yr38 Car166 Rush yds2 TD4.4 Rush avg21 Rec137 Rec yds6.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB25Josiah Basten1yr1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB43Tyrese Weeks2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB20Robert Henderson1yr
- 33-star recruitTE88Kyirin Heath4yr19 Rec228 Rec yds3 TD12.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE84Kadinn Morris ← Western Michigan4yr15 Rec183 Rec yds2 TD12.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE8Shane King1yr2 Rec24 Rec yds0 TD12.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE10TJ Johnson ← West Virginia3yr1 Rec7 Rec yds1 TD7.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE82Connor Gooding1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE87Caston Brown2yr
WKUReceiversNo blue chips12
- —No recruiting profile foundWR17Matthew Henry ← Western Illinois2yr55 Rec888 Rec yds6 TD16.1 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR2K.D. Hutchinson4yr66 Rec618 Rec yds3 TD9.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR8Moussa Barry4yr34 Rec488 Rec yds1 TD14.4 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR5Jairus Mack ← Charlotte5yr24 Rec223 Rec yds1 TD9.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR4Cameron Flowers2yr19 Rec204 Rec yds1 TD10.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR13Kelby Williams ← Old Dominion3yr11 Rec165 Rec yds0 TD15.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR12Quincy Burroughs ← Wisconsin4yr8 Rec77 Rec yds1 TD9.6 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR13Isaiah Myers ← Purdue2yr2 Rec43 Rec yds0 TD21.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR82Jaleel Walker3yr1 Rec20 Rec yds0 TD20.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR19Marvin Sims3yr2 Rec19 Rec yds1 TD9.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR24Fonzy Smith1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR12Damari Jefferson2yr
USMDefensive backs2 blue chips18
- 44-star recruitCB1Josh Moten ← Marshall6yr61 Tackles10 PD5 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB8Anthony Richard Jr. ← Marshall3yr27 Tackles8 PD2 Int
- 33-star recruitCB14Jonathan Pennix ← Virginia Tech3yr20 Tackles6 PD2 Int
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedCB19Malakai Murphy ← Colorado2yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitCB0Brendan Toles5yr4 Tackles0 PD
- 44-star recruitCB8Ishmael Ibraheem ← Marshall4yr1 Tackles2 PD
- 33-star recruitDB2Guylijah Theodule ← Marshall2yr6 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB47Cannon McClain1yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS22Corey Myrick ← Marshall2yr91 Tackles4 PD2 Int
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedS0Ian Foster ← Marshall3yr76 Tackles7 PD3 Int
- 33-star recruitS5Ahmere Foster ← Marshall3yr47 Tackles2 PD3 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS24Josh Battle ← Chattanooga4yr34 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS6Dylan King1yr27 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitS18MaLik Caswell ← Marshall2yr5 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitS2Dominick Hill ← Liberty6yr2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS21Khalil Foster1yr2 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS26Shaddai Carter1yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS20Cameron Knox4yrcareer 18 Tackles2 PD
WKUDefensive backsNo blue chips20
- —No recruiting profile foundCB0Dylan Flowers3yr33 Tackles4 PD
- 33-star recruitCB8Korbyn Green2yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB7Jaylen Lewis ← Temple4yr74 Tackles5 PD3 Int
- 33-star recruitDB5Dave Herard6yr58 Tackles4 PD
- 33-star recruitDB7Nazir Ward3yr35 Tackles6 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB11Kent Robinson4yr29 Tackles4 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB2Al-Ma'hi Ali ← Charlotte4yr28 Tackles4 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB12Jaavan Mack ← Charlotte2yr26 Tackles3 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB1Demarko Williams5yr21 Tackles2 PD
- 33-star recruitDB9Jai Eugene Jr.3yr21 Tackles5 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB16Avarion Cole ← App State4yr20 Tackles3 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB5Jalen Emery ← Houston5yr18 Tackles3 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB14Braxton Myers ← Southern Miss3yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB10Xavion Griffin2yr2 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB24Lataj Wright2yr1 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB8Swipe Marshall4yrcareer 39 Tackles2 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB27Jordan Bergeron1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB6Justin Brown3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB31Jalen Jackson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB36Khrystian Washington1yr
USMReceivers2 blue chips15
- 33-star recruitWR9Elijah Metcalf ← Marshall5yr54 Rec683 Rec yds2 TD12.6 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Carl Chester ← Marshall4yr30 Rec550 Rec yds6 TD18.3 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR1Tychaun Chapman ← Marshall4yr24 Rec444 Rec yds3 TD18.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR6Micah Davis ← Ole Miss5yr31 Rec429 Rec yds5 TD13.8 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR8Bralon Brown ← Marshall5yr30 Rec353 Rec yds2 TD11.8 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR11Davis Dalton4yr4 Rec82 Rec yds1 TD20.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR11Jermane Hayes1yr4 Rec36 Rec yds0 TD9.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR3Chuck Montgomery ← Marshall4yr3 Rec15 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR19Cace Reed2yr1 Rec-1 Rec yds0 TD-1.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR13Grant Page ← Utah State4yr
- 33-star recruitWR23Trey Horne ← Georgia Tech2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR80Zavian Hales4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR89Mike Duran1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR83Dillon Rowley1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR85Elijah Zamora1yr
WKUKickersNo blue chips5
- —No recruiting profile foundPK39John Cannon ← South Florida4yr16 FG20 FGA49 Long94 Pts
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK42Jack Cassidy1yr2 FG2 FGA55 Long6 Pts
- 33-star recruitPK43Jackson Smith4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK58Michael Buck2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK95Konner Olson1yr
USMKickersNo blue chips3
- 33-star recruitPK40Creighton Wilbanks1yr9 FG14 FGA52 Long59 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK96Reed Harradine3yr5 FG8 FGA43 Long29 Pts41 Punts40.4 Avg7 In 20
- 22-star recruitPK94Kaden Morgan2yr
WKUPuntersNo blue chips1
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedP18Cole Maynard5yr57 Punts48.4 Avg15 In 20
USMPuntersNo blue chips2
- —No recruiting profile foundP34Jack Murley1yr23 Punts36.5 Avg14 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP26Logan Gregory1yr
Previous 4 meetings vs. Team
Southern Miss 0–4 vs Western Kentucky
- 2020 · wk 11Southern Miss 7 @ Western Kentucky 10
- 2019 · wk 13Western Kentucky 28 @ Southern Miss 10
- 2015 · wk 14Southern Miss 28 @ Western Kentucky 45
- 2012 · wk 4Southern Miss 17 @ Western Kentucky 42
Previous meeting vs. Charles Huff
Western Kentucky 1–0 vs Charles Huff
- 2021 · wk 13Western Kentucky 53 @ Marshall 21
Previous 2 meetings vs. Tyson Helton
Southern Miss 0–2 vs Tyson Helton
- 2020 · wk 11Southern Miss 7 @ Western Kentucky 10
- 2019 · wk 13Western Kentucky 28 @ Southern Miss 10
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